Window-screen.



T. J. FOLEY.

WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 27, 191

Patented Nov. 13, i917.

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TIMOTHY J. FOLEY, of "NEW Yemen. V

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To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY J. FOLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough and county of Bronx, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in lVindow-Screens, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to rolling screens i which the screen is automatically woundupon a spring roller and drawn therefrom to cover the window or other opening, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in construction, easily and economically manufactured, readily installed and removed, and easily operated, and which will be durable and serve efficiently.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show the device as applied to an ordinary double sash window.

Figure 1 is an interior front view of a window equipped with the invention.

The succeeding figures are on a larger scale.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the box in which the roller and winding mechanism is mounted. showing these parts in elevation.

Fig. 4: is a corresponding vertical transverse section, taken on the line H in Fig. 3, and partly in elevation.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the guide strips for the edges of screen, showing the latter in vertical section.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is a window frame which may be understood to be of the usual construction having inside beads A outside beads A and parting strips A forming the usual guides for the sashes B and C.

At the top of the frame A in the space between the jambs, beneath the lintel and forward of the inside beads A is detachably secured a portable casing or box D open at the bottom and havin closed ends D D in which the journals 1 of a roller E are mounted. The inner faces of the ends D D are protected by plates D D of metal which with corresponding metal partitions D D located adjacent thereto form pockets at the ends of the box in which are located volute p gs F .F each attached at one end specification of Letters Patent. .Pa,tented N 7.

.Appliaiti6u1 filed Ma1ch 27, 1917. Serial No. 11575607.

to thebox-a nd at the-other 'to the "roller '01: its 'journa'lso asto exert its force i'nthed-irection' to wind 'thescreen G upon the roller in a manner analogous to the usa lspring shade-roller. J

On each jamb of the window "frame forward of the inside bead-A is moantea a vertical strip H preferably of a continuous *verti'cal groove '70 therein and provided at intervals wlth lugs H receiving screws by which the stripi'sfasteii'ed to the jam'b. At suitably spaced intervals on the strip, forward of the groove h, are lateral recesses h arranged to receive the protruding ends of spring actuated bolts G mounted at opposite ends of a bar G forming the lower edge of the screen, and serving to hold the latter extended.

The ends of the bar G are rabbeted and with the margins of the screen are received and guided in the grooves 72 and the screen is held at the desired height by engaging the bolts G in the oppositely located recesses if selected. The bolts slide longitudinally of the bar in housings Gr secured thereon and are forced outwardly by helical springs G encircling the bolts and lying between the housings. The bolts maybe withdrawn by any suitable means. That shown consists of cords J J attached one to the inner end of each bolt, passing through eyes J J near the center of the bar G below which they are joined to form a single cord J terminating in a ring J by which the cord J 2 may be pulled downwardly and the bolts moved inwardly, practically simultaneously, in opposition to their springs G and thus disengaged from the strips H to permit the screen to be wound on or unwound from its roller to cover the whole or any desired part of the window or to be wholly received in the box D.

The screen is preferably of woven wire of the required mesh and flexibility but may be of any suitable material, and the strip H may be of wood or other material.

The box D with its roller and screen is portable and is easily installed or removed, and when in place and the screen lowered the device serves efficiently in excluding insects while permitting both sashes to be in any position desired for ventilation, and when the screen is fully raised unobstructed access to the sashes is allowed for cleaning or other operations.

Although the invention is shown as ape plied to a double sash Window of the vertically sliding type, it will be understood that it Will serve With Windows of other types and With doors or other openings to be protected.

I claim 1. In a Window screen, the combination of a box located at the top of a indow frame between the j ambs thereof, plates protecting the inner faces of the ends of said box, partitions in said box adjacent said plates, a roller having its journals mounted in said plates and partitions, and springs on said journals With one end attached to the box and the other to said journals, and a flexible screen adapted to be Wound upon said roller.

g Y 2. In a Window screen, the combination Copies of this patent may be obtained for of a portable box detachably secured in a Window frame between the jambs thereof, a roller journaled in said box, volute springs mounted in pockets at the ends of said box and joined to the latter and to said roller, a flexible screen carried by said roller and adapted to be Wound thereon by the action of said springs, vertically grooved guides secured to said jambs and receiving the margins of said screen, and having each a series of recesses, a bar at the lower edge of said screen, and bolts on the outer face of the ends of said bar arranged to engage said re cesses and hold said screen extended in opposition tothe force of said springs.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I affix my signature.

TIMOTHY J. FOLEY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

